Mi hermana deposita cheques y ahorra tanto como yo.

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Breakdown of Mi hermana deposita cheques y ahorra tanto como yo.

• mi: my
• y: and
• la hermana: the sister

Questions & Answers about Mi hermana deposita cheques y ahorra tanto como yo.

What form is deposita?

Deposita is the third-person singular present tense of depositar.

So it can mean:

• she deposits
• he deposits
• you deposit (formal usted)

In this sentence, because the subject is mi hermana, it means she deposits.

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Why is it mi hermana and not something like la mi hermana?

In modern Spanish, possessive adjectives like mi, tu, su, nuestro normally go directly before the noun:

• mi hermana
• tu casa
• su trabajo

English speakers sometimes wonder about this because Spanish often uses articles, but with basic possessives, you usually do not add el/la before the noun.

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Why is there no article before cheques?